Emperor, changed the name to Monschau. In 1972, the town was enlarged with the previously independent municipalities of Höfen, Imgenbroich, Kalterherberg...

Baden-Württemberg Höfen, Gummersbach, a village in the municipality of Gummersbach, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia Höfen, Monschau, a borough (former...

initial tactical objectives were to take the village of Schmidt and clear Monschau. In a second phase the Allies wanted to advance to the Rur River as part...

protect them from grazing cattle. The best example of a Monschau "hedge village" (Heckendorf) is Höfen, which has twice won awards in the best kept village...

Ridge near the towns of Monschau and Höfen. From 05:25 to 05:30 on 16 December, the battalion's positions "in and around Höfen received a heavy barrage...

roads north of Höfen were important to movement through the area. In the north a main paved road led from Höfen through the Monschau Forest, then divided...

Around Höfen, which the 395th defended, the ground was marked with open hills. On the east lay a section of the Monschau Forest. Just south of Höfen, the...

metres above sea level at Monschau, west of Kalterherberg [de; fr; nl; nds] and south of Höfen [de; nl] (two districts of Monschau) and thus forms part of...

alternative routes that considerably slowed their advance. The attack on Monschau, Höfen, Krinkelt-Rocherath, and then Elsenborn Ridge was led by the units...

the defense of the sector north of the Roer River between Schmidt and Monschau, a distance of nearly 19 miles. After defensive patrolling, the 99th probed...